Date : 14 March 2015 (Saturday)
Venue : CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel
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Registration
Opening Address & Safety Briefing
Readers' Theatre Session
Hands-on training for Moo-O
Moo-O Recording
Story Telling Performance | Teaching Resource Sharing | Judging
Collection of Door Gifts & Certificate of Participation
Prize Presentation
Group Photos
Winners : 1. Gold Award: CHIJ OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE
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2. Silver Award: PAYA LEBAR METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL (PRIMARY)
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3. Bronze Award: MARYMOUNT CONVENT SCHOOL
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4. Merit Award: METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL (PRI)
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5. Merit Award: KHENG CHENG SCHOOL
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Judges:

1) Mrs Soo Kim Bee
(Chief Judge)
Master Teacher
ELIS, MOE 		Mrs Soo Kim Bee is a Master Teacher with the English Language Institute of Singapore (ELIS). Starting her career as a teacher in the classroom, she has since held various appointments in the Ministry of Education, as a Specialist Inspector for English and Literature, a Gifted Education curriculum officer, and more recently, a Senior Specialist in the Gifted Education Branch, Curriculum Planning and Development Division (CPDD), MOE. She was also an External Examiner for the Diploma RSA, with The British Council. She previously served as President of the Society for Reading and Literacy (SRL) for three terms, receiving a long service award in 2005. She currently serves on the Executive Council of the Singapore Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (Singapore ASCD). At ELIS, she enjoys working together with teachers in their classrooms to enhance the teaching and learning of the English Language.

2) Dr Alexius Chia Ti Yong
Head, Teachers' Language Development Centre.
Senior Lecturer, English Language & Literature.
National Institute of Education 		Alexius started his career teaching English Language and Literature to secondary school students. Before he joined NIE, he was a Head of Department/English Language & Literature at two local Singapore schools. At NIE, he held the following positions: PGDE(Sec) Coordinator (2007-2012), English Language Content Enhancement Programme Coordinator (2008-2009). He is currently the Head of the Teachers Language Development Centre (2012-present). Although the bulk of his work revolves around teacher education programmes, Alexius remains very much in touch with schools. He continues to engage teachers through workshops, talks and research projects. He is currently the Chairperson of the School Advisory Committee for Woodlands Ring Primary School. Alexius received the NIE Excellence in Teaching Commendation in 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2014. He was also awarded the NTU Nanyang Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2010.

3) Dr Anneliese Kramer-Dahl 		Dr Anneliese Kramer-Dahl has taught undergraduate and graduate students in Applied Linguistics and English Language and Literature over the past 35 years in the US, Canada and Singapore. Before her recent retirement, she was a Senior Lecturer in NUS and subsequently Associate Professor in English Language and Literature and Sub-Dean of Graduate Studies in NIE/NTU.

4) Ms Kathleen Wong
Campaign Manager,
Speak Good English Movement,
National Heritage Board, Singapore 		Kathleen has been encouraging Singaporeans to speak and use good English with the Movement for the past five years. With the support of partners, including EyePower Games, the Movement has been coming up with interesting programmes and resources that Singaporeans can use to improve their own proficiency of the language.

5) Mrs Shirley Quek
S1 Cluster Vice Principal,
Xinghua Primary School 		Mrs Shirley Quek is currently the Vice Principal of Xinghua Primary School. Her educational career started a little over 15 years ago, and she has taught all elementary grades, including a stint in the Gifted Education Program at Nanyang Primary. She has a deep passion for literacy and curriculum development and was offered by MOE to pursue a Masters Course in Applied Linguistics. In 2008, she was appointed as the Head of Department in North Vista Primary and then the Vice Principal in 2013. Under her leadership, she has championed curriculum innovation projects such as the Literacy Program using the Understadning by Design (UbD) as a curriculum framework and the Independent Research Study. Mrs Quek is a recipient of the National Day Awards in 2009 and has just returned from the Leaders in Education Program (LEP).


6) Mdm Sarawathy D/O Varadaraju,
S1 Cluster Vice Principal,
Mayflower Secondary School 		Mdm Sarawathy is currently the Vice Principal of Mayflower Secondary School. She graduated from the National University of Singapore with BA (Hons) in English Language in 1989 and joined NIE in 1990. Her first job was with the SAF where she was in the Education Unit of MINDEF teaching adults. With more than 25 years of teaching experience, she has seen many of her students grow to be responsible citizens of our country. Her greatest love is with interacting and guiding the youths.

7) Mrs Serene Ho
Vice-Principal,
Casuarina Primary School 		"My teaching career started in 1990. At my tenth year, I took on the role of Subject Head National Education/Social Studies/Health Education for three years and then I was posted out as HOD ICT to CHIJ Our Lady Of Good Counsel. I was truly happy to be part of the IJ fraternity again as I was a former IJ girl at Katong Convent. In 2012, I took on the role of the School Staff Developer and it has been motivational and encouraging for me to be involved in the professional development of teachers. I was appointed Vice Principal in 2012 and for two wonderful years, I was indeed blessed with greater opportunity to contribute to the nurturing of our OLGC girls. Currently, I am serving as Vice Principal in Casuarina Primary."
- Mrs Serene Ho.

Guest of Honor:

Mr Kenneth Quek
Deputy Director,
National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS) 		Kenneth Quek is the Deputy Director of National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS) and also the Festival Director of Asian Festival of Children’s Content, an annual programme held in June, for children’s writers and illustrators, teachers and librarians, parents and children, to foster an appreciation of local and Asian stories.

Prizes
 : Gold Award
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Individual Trophies (for students)
1 x McGraw-Hill Education 12-month Digital Reading Lab Program for entire level of P3 students
3 x McGraw-Hill Education WHY Series Books (for students)
4 x Creative Portable Wireless Speakers (for teacher mentor and students)
Silver Award
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Individual Trophies (for students)
1 x McGraw-Hill Education 12-month Digital Reading Lab Program for 1 class of P3 students
3 x McGraw-Hill Education WHY Series Books (for students)
Bronze Award
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Individual Trophies (for students)
3 x McGraw-Hill Education WHY Series Books (for students)
Merit Award
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Individual Trophies (for students)
3 x McGraw-Hill Education WHY Series Books (for students)
Merit Award
1 x Team Trophy (for school)
3 x Individual Trophies (for students)
3 x McGraw-Hill Education WHY Series Books (for students)
Sponsors :
  1. McGraw-Hill Education
  2. Eng Leong Medallic Industries Pte Ltd
  3. Creative Knowledge
  4. Language Councils Secretariat, National Heritage Board
  5. EyePower Games Pte Ltd
Co-Organizer : CHIJ Our Lady of Good Counsel